Some Covid-19 thoughts
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UPDATED: Monday, September 29, 2025 18:59
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Ya gotta have hope.
I don't think this is all going to be around much longer.
A few years from now, nobody will even be talking about it anymore.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Ya gotta have hope.
I don't think this is all going to be around much longer.
A few years from now, nobody will even be talking about it anymore.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I hear ya Jack. But I am not convinced.
This will be in the history books. Maybe not big chapters but it will be there.
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Well... I think at the very most I might hear about 9/11 once per year. But come to think of it, I don't even people talk about it on the anniversary anymore. That wasn't even 20 years ago now.
I think in the last 5 years the only time I really heard a lot about it is when Hillary Clinton fainted at the 9/11 memorial and was thrown into that white van back in 2016.
If this one sticks around longer I think it's going to be because the kids will remember that weird summer where everyone was wearing masks and summer break was 6 months long.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Will coronavirus change our attitudes to death? Quite the opposite
When an epidemic erupted in a pre-modern society such as medieval Europe, people of course feared for their lives and were devastated by the death of loved ones, but the main cultural reaction was one of resignation. Psychologists might call it “learned helplessness”. People told themselves it was God’s will – or perhaps divine retribution for the sins of humankind. Who are we to thwart God’s plans?
Attitudes today are the polar opposite. Whenever some disaster kills many people – a train accident, a high-rise fire, even a hurricane – we tend to view it as a preventable human failure rather than as divine punishment or an inevitable natural calamity. If the train company didn’t stint on its safety budget, if the municipality had adopted better fire regulations, and if the government had sent help quicker – these people could have been saved. In the 21st century, mass death has become an automatic reason for lawsuits and investigations.
This is our attitude towards plagues, too. While some religious preachers were quick to describe Aids as God’s punishment for gay people, modern society mercifully relegated such views to its lunatic fringes, and these days we generally view the spread of Aids, Ebola and other recent epidemics as organisational failures. We assume that humankind has the knowledge and tools necessary to curb such plagues, and if an infectious disease nevertheless gets out of control, it is due to human incompetence rather than divine anger. Covid-19 is no exception to this rule. The crisis is far from over, yet the blame game has already begun. Different countries accuse one another. Rival politicians throw responsibility from one to the other like a hand-grenade without a pin.
Some might well argue that the crisis should teach us humility. We shouldn’t be so sure of our ability to subdue the forces of nature. Many of these naysayers are medieval holdouts, who preach humility while being 100% certain that they know all the right answers. Some bigots cannot help themselves – a pastor who leads weekly Bible study for Donald Trump’s cabinet has argued that this epidemic too is divine punishment for homosexuality. But even most paragons of tradition nowadays put their trust in science rather than in scripture.
The present crisis might indeed make many individuals more aware of the impermanent nature of human life and human achievements. Nevertheless, our modern civilisation as a whole will most probably go in the opposite direction. Reminded of its fragility, it will react by building stronger defences. When the present crisis is over, I don’t expect we will see a significant increase in the budgets of philosophy departments. But I bet we will see a massive increase in the budgets of medical schools and healthcare systems.
www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/20/yuval-noah-harari-will-coronavir
us-change-our-attitudes-to-death-quite-the-opposite
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Probably right Second. When I hear preachers saying that it is divine retribution for some "sin" humanity has committed, I just roll my eyes at such people.
There are always holdovers from some by gone era in the world. I mean there are still "Flat Earth" societies for crying out loud.
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Originally posted by second:
Will coronavirus change our attitudes to death? Quite the opposite
When an epidemic erupted in a pre-modern society such as medieval Europe, people of course feared for their lives and were devastated by the death of loved ones, but the main cultural reaction was one of resignation. Psychologists might call it “learned helplessness”. People told themselves it was God’s will – or perhaps divine retribution for the sins of humankind. Who are we to thwart God’s plans?
Attitudes today are the polar opposite. Whenever some disaster kills many people – a train accident, a high-rise fire, even a hurricane – we tend to view it as a preventable human failure rather than as divine punishment or an inevitable natural calamity. If the train company didn’t stint on its safety budget, if the municipality had adopted better fire regulations, and if the government had sent help quicker – these people could have been saved. In the 21st century, mass death has become an automatic reason for lawsuits and investigations.
This is our attitude towards plagues, too. While some religious preachers were quick to describe Aids as God’s punishment for gay people, modern society mercifully relegated such views to its lunatic fringes, and these days we generally view the spread of Aids, Ebola and other recent epidemics as organisational failures. We assume that humankind has the knowledge and tools necessary to curb such plagues, and if an infectious disease nevertheless gets out of control, it is due to human incompetence rather than divine anger. Covid-19 is no exception to this rule. The crisis is far from over, yet the blame game has already begun. Different countries accuse one another. Rival politicians throw responsibility from one to the other like a hand-grenade without a pin.
Some might well argue that the crisis should teach us humility. We shouldn’t be so sure of our ability to subdue the forces of nature. Many of these naysayers are medieval holdouts, who preach humility while being 100% certain that they know all the right answers. Some bigots cannot help themselves – a pastor who leads weekly Bible study for Donald Trump’s cabinet has argued that this epidemic too is divine punishment for homosexuality. But even most paragons of tradition nowadays put their trust in science rather than in scripture.
The present crisis might indeed make many individuals more aware of the impermanent nature of human life and human achievements. Nevertheless, our modern civilisation as a whole will most probably go in the opposite direction. Reminded of its fragility, it will react by building stronger defences. When the present crisis is over, I don’t expect we will see a significant increase in the budgets of philosophy departments. But I bet we will see a massive increase in the budgets of medical schools and healthcare systems.
www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/20/yuval-noah-harari-will-coronavir
us-change-our-attitudes-to-death-quite-the-opposite
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Or...
AKA None of the above.
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Looks like Nunavut does not have a case of Covid-19 on its hands. False positive.
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Also Hollywood North may be back in business. It will mean some drastic changes but I think it can be done.
Also hockey may be back as well. Vancouver and Edmonton being the hubs. Hotels around Rogers arena in Vancouver can accommodate 8 NHL teams. The arena in Edmonton has practice facilities around it as well as hotels.
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Not being a sports fan at all, I've said since the beginning they need to bring sports back at least in some workable form ASAP. That's an important part of life for a lot of people, frivolous as it may be.
I hope the NHL can work with Canada and make that happen.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Not being a sports fan at all, I've said since the beginning they need to bring sports back at least in some workable form ASAP. That's an important part of life for a lot of people, frivolous as it may be.
I hope the NHL can work with Canada and make that happen.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Dr. Bonnie Henry, BC's chief medical officer seems to think its doable. The games would be televised but without any fans in the arena.
She even thinks some kids sports like little league is possible as well.
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